Made a 95 on my lab test in Anatomy & Physiology! SOOOOO PROUD and YES I am bragging because the average was an 81.....
How about that...patting myself on the back now!
Blackboard has been down all weekend and I have been "chomping at the bit" to get my grade....finally tonight, I got in and got my grade....HOOOORAAYYYY me!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Lipstick Jungle- 5 stars
So, I am a TV junkie at times...especially when it comes to those upper glamour, high heels, house moms, girlfriend group shows...so, at 12:30 this morning I had insomnia and coughing spells once again...so, I tuned into my DVR and watched Lipstick Jungle....
I must admit I did not need to add ANOTHER show to my list of favs but this one has been added...5 stars...LOVED IT! I do long to have those girlfriend nights of sharing a few drinks and letting your hair down...its good for the soul...guess I need to move to the city, seriously~ (and yep, Gray's Anatomy tonight baby!).
Only got about 2-3 hours of sleep last night...meds, coughing, and my first lab test combined made for a terrible night. Good thing I had Lipstick Jungle as a highlight, will probably be watching the DVR again tonight...have not finished my meds yet. :o(
I must admit I did not need to add ANOTHER show to my list of favs but this one has been added...5 stars...LOVED IT! I do long to have those girlfriend nights of sharing a few drinks and letting your hair down...its good for the soul...guess I need to move to the city, seriously~ (and yep, Gray's Anatomy tonight baby!).
Only got about 2-3 hours of sleep last night...meds, coughing, and my first lab test combined made for a terrible night. Good thing I had Lipstick Jungle as a highlight, will probably be watching the DVR again tonight...have not finished my meds yet. :o(
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Biting toddlers
Got one for any of you that may need some help...
Bentlee was not a "biter" as a child, Rylee IS..or was, rather.
A mother and friend of mine told me about an article she read in a magazine on biting. When I was working full time it was difficult to catch Rylee in the act of "biting"...but now its different. Of course, I had to explain to two mothers that are bring their kids to my house that MY child had bit them! How embarassing...I had tried biting her back and pretty much everything except hot sauce. I was just afraid to do that!
The article she told me about suggested using LEMON juice...which I just so happened to have on hand the last time she bit. So, upon catching her biting...I immediately scolded her, took her to the fridge, gave her a good squirt in the mouth with the lemon juice, and escorted her to the TIME out chair...and by George, she has not put those sharp knockers on another child....
"knock on wood"
SO, in case you have a biter on your hands, try the lemon juice. And I would hope my friends, you will not report me to SS...I am a great mother, but a firm beleiver of ruling my own children with the hand...this time it was the hand that unscrewed the lemon juice, and I am not apologizing. Thanks to the mom that gave me the article advice.
PS This is two days in a row I have blogged, LOL!
Bentlee was not a "biter" as a child, Rylee IS..or was, rather.
A mother and friend of mine told me about an article she read in a magazine on biting. When I was working full time it was difficult to catch Rylee in the act of "biting"...but now its different. Of course, I had to explain to two mothers that are bring their kids to my house that MY child had bit them! How embarassing...I had tried biting her back and pretty much everything except hot sauce. I was just afraid to do that!
The article she told me about suggested using LEMON juice...which I just so happened to have on hand the last time she bit. So, upon catching her biting...I immediately scolded her, took her to the fridge, gave her a good squirt in the mouth with the lemon juice, and escorted her to the TIME out chair...and by George, she has not put those sharp knockers on another child....
"knock on wood"
SO, in case you have a biter on your hands, try the lemon juice. And I would hope my friends, you will not report me to SS...I am a great mother, but a firm beleiver of ruling my own children with the hand...this time it was the hand that unscrewed the lemon juice, and I am not apologizing. Thanks to the mom that gave me the article advice.
PS This is two days in a row I have blogged, LOL!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Still alive
I know its been awhile since I blogged, been awhile since I commented on a blog, been awhile since I even signed INTO my blog! Give me a break...yea, I am home but I am STILL working contrary to popular beleif, LOL!
Just wanted to check in a get a blog "fix" and give you some updates and such so here goes...
I got off to a slow start, have been fighting a NASTY head/sinus/chest cold for about two weeks. Beleive it or not I think I got it from someone at my school, not the kids! So, I have been taking advantage of nap time alot by NAPPING myself...but that has come to an end.
I really am enjoying being home, I have settled right in...still holding a daily schedule with a few alterations here and there...I have accomplished alot of little task since I have been here...got right much yard work done, moved a few flowers around, transported some mulch, going to put some new mulch down (just 4 bags or so), got the hedge clippers on anything growing wild in my flower beds, hauled 5 trash cans full of debris to the woods during nap time yesterday...FUN, FUN! I have always loved to work in my yard but the time was never really there...now I can work those things in! I put Wade's grill together that he got for Fathers Day (lol!), cleaned out a few junk drawers...planning to clean out summer clothes soon I guess according to this weather...need to plan a yard sale...probably will do that too...
I am cooking lunch and supper pretty much every day, I did opt for take-out Saturday night because I felt so darn bad!
I am on Prednisone now so look OUT! Its a love/hate relationship with me and that medicine! I can get SOOOO much done but sleep sOOO little! I was up and down all night.
I made a 87 on my first Anatomy & Physiology test....not the "A" I wanted but the average grade was a 82 so I figured I did pretty good. Got my first lab A&P test Thursday night and with the help of Prednisone I am apt to ACE that one...stayed up until 11:15 studying last night and probably will tonight! If my internet was any better I would take pictures of my kitchen...its a HOOT! I have 18 or so pages taped on the walls and cabinet doors of different slides I have to identify on my test...I figured the best way to determine which is which is hang them all up and compare...Wade says "you really get into your work don;t you?"...that was at 11pm last night! I was on a med "HIGH"! LOL~ All jokes aside I want an A and I want it BAD!
I dropped my Psy 150 online course...the teacher was a young idiot rather than professor if you ask me...writing 1-2 page papers every week..this is a PREREC, not a course I am Majoring in and I told her so via email...I plan to take it under another professor later on that is much easier. I know, I am not trying to take the easy route but come on folks, WHO thinks Psycology should be that difficult!? I did not want to flunk a should-be-simple class like that...seriously...
Speaking of seriously~ how about that Grey's Anatomy 2-hour season premiere coming up Thurs night....can I get a WOO-HOOO~!? LOVE that show...I am trying to figure how I will watch all my fav shows, study, keep up on Y&R everyday, and keep kids, LOL? Too funny~ and the answer is....DVR~ not doubt. If you do not have one, get one, you will fall in love and never watch another commercial again! I don't even know what movies are coming out...I just fastforward to the next frame!
Well, thats about it for now...guess it will be another few weeks before I blog again...
Oh, haven't heard from Tara on the professional Trash the Dress pictures...will try to keep you post when they are up for you to see.
Oh, I just took supper out of the oven? jealous? just kidding...I will trade you supper for your high-speed internet.
happy blogging to those of you that can post pictures in a normal time frame....love you too~
REMINDER LADIES!!! UPPER CASE LIVING SHOW....MY HOUSE...FRIDAY NIGHT, 6:30pm....BE THERE GIRLS!
Just wanted to check in a get a blog "fix" and give you some updates and such so here goes...
I got off to a slow start, have been fighting a NASTY head/sinus/chest cold for about two weeks. Beleive it or not I think I got it from someone at my school, not the kids! So, I have been taking advantage of nap time alot by NAPPING myself...but that has come to an end.
I really am enjoying being home, I have settled right in...still holding a daily schedule with a few alterations here and there...I have accomplished alot of little task since I have been here...got right much yard work done, moved a few flowers around, transported some mulch, going to put some new mulch down (just 4 bags or so), got the hedge clippers on anything growing wild in my flower beds, hauled 5 trash cans full of debris to the woods during nap time yesterday...FUN, FUN! I have always loved to work in my yard but the time was never really there...now I can work those things in! I put Wade's grill together that he got for Fathers Day (lol!), cleaned out a few junk drawers...planning to clean out summer clothes soon I guess according to this weather...need to plan a yard sale...probably will do that too...
I am cooking lunch and supper pretty much every day, I did opt for take-out Saturday night because I felt so darn bad!
I am on Prednisone now so look OUT! Its a love/hate relationship with me and that medicine! I can get SOOOO much done but sleep sOOO little! I was up and down all night.
I made a 87 on my first Anatomy & Physiology test....not the "A" I wanted but the average grade was a 82 so I figured I did pretty good. Got my first lab A&P test Thursday night and with the help of Prednisone I am apt to ACE that one...stayed up until 11:15 studying last night and probably will tonight! If my internet was any better I would take pictures of my kitchen...its a HOOT! I have 18 or so pages taped on the walls and cabinet doors of different slides I have to identify on my test...I figured the best way to determine which is which is hang them all up and compare...Wade says "you really get into your work don;t you?"...that was at 11pm last night! I was on a med "HIGH"! LOL~ All jokes aside I want an A and I want it BAD!
I dropped my Psy 150 online course...the teacher was a young idiot rather than professor if you ask me...writing 1-2 page papers every week..this is a PREREC, not a course I am Majoring in and I told her so via email...I plan to take it under another professor later on that is much easier. I know, I am not trying to take the easy route but come on folks, WHO thinks Psycology should be that difficult!? I did not want to flunk a should-be-simple class like that...seriously...
Speaking of seriously~ how about that Grey's Anatomy 2-hour season premiere coming up Thurs night....can I get a WOO-HOOO~!? LOVE that show...I am trying to figure how I will watch all my fav shows, study, keep up on Y&R everyday, and keep kids, LOL? Too funny~ and the answer is....DVR~ not doubt. If you do not have one, get one, you will fall in love and never watch another commercial again! I don't even know what movies are coming out...I just fastforward to the next frame!
Well, thats about it for now...guess it will be another few weeks before I blog again...
Oh, haven't heard from Tara on the professional Trash the Dress pictures...will try to keep you post when they are up for you to see.
Oh, I just took supper out of the oven? jealous? just kidding...I will trade you supper for your high-speed internet.
happy blogging to those of you that can post pictures in a normal time frame....love you too~
REMINDER LADIES!!! UPPER CASE LIVING SHOW....MY HOUSE...FRIDAY NIGHT, 6:30pm....BE THERE GIRLS!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
I'm home...
Well, my first few days at home went smoothly...nothing special to report really. I am getting a few things done in between the kids...I cleaned out a few flower beds while we had outside time...I changed my living room around during nap time Friday...I am keeping my laundry caught up most days (with the exception of putting them away, lol!)...the dishes are staying out of the sink...and I am getting out of the house twice a week for class.
I caught a cold already...have been struggling with that since Thursday night...worse this weekend. I did leave the house last night to pickup food since I did not feel like cooking. I did not go to church today for fear of spreading the germs further....and I need to rest! I have my first Anatomy & Physiology test Tuesday night. I have been studying here and there...and PRAY I can make at least a B on this test.
Here are a few pics of Thursday morning outside time and one of a couple of afterschoolers playing dress-up! Too cute! I had many more I could have downloaded but I am feeling Mandy's pain on this DIAL service...I won't tell you EXACTLY HOW I feel about it!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Drum roll please....
Presenting TRASH THE DRESS!
Well, my first day of unemployment was spent with Michele finally taking pics in our wedding dresses. You won't beleive some of these photos...
We started off at Michele's house doing hair and makeup as if we were getting "married" again...heavy makeup, lots of hairspray....
Then we set off to Michele's mom's house...put on our dresses...and off we went...
TO THE JUNK YARD! yep- and pictures to prove it. Now, you did not think this would be an ordinary photo shoot did you? seriously...trash the dress...rusty old equipment, crickets in my dress, dirt between my toes, swarming wasp, huge spider webs, rolling sweat, my first time in a crane bucket, goose poop, and fishy smelling dresses just to name a few perks of the day...BUT BOY WAS IT FUN!
Yep, thats me! I stood up, arms out to the sides, and fell right back! I made them promise to save me if I did not come up...that dress was HEAVY in that water!
Poor "PRINCESS"...look at that dress! lol~
I would do it again in a heart beat if I could...it was loads of fun...and the best part was I got to do it with one of my very best friends...
Be sure and visit her blog for more pics....click on her name under "Friends" to the right of my blog page.
Not sure why some of my photos are small...I just can HARDLY wait to see the professional pictures and to see what Tara does with them...black and white shots, etc...I will let you know when she posts them.
Well, my first day of unemployment was spent with Michele finally taking pics in our wedding dresses. You won't beleive some of these photos...
We started off at Michele's house doing hair and makeup as if we were getting "married" again...heavy makeup, lots of hairspray....
Then we set off to Michele's mom's house...put on our dresses...and off we went...
TO THE JUNK YARD! yep- and pictures to prove it. Now, you did not think this would be an ordinary photo shoot did you? seriously...trash the dress...rusty old equipment, crickets in my dress, dirt between my toes, swarming wasp, huge spider webs, rolling sweat, my first time in a crane bucket, goose poop, and fishy smelling dresses just to name a few perks of the day...BUT BOY WAS IT FUN!
Yep, thats me! I stood up, arms out to the sides, and fell right back! I made them promise to save me if I did not come up...that dress was HEAVY in that water!
Poor "PRINCESS"...look at that dress! lol~
I would do it again in a heart beat if I could...it was loads of fun...and the best part was I got to do it with one of my very best friends...
Be sure and visit her blog for more pics....click on her name under "Friends" to the right of my blog page.
Not sure why some of my photos are small...I just can HARDLY wait to see the professional pictures and to see what Tara does with them...black and white shots, etc...I will let you know when she posts them.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Bittersweet goodbye
Friday was my last official day at Resinall...I will work Tuesday for Ava but things have already changed....no more "Shelley's office, Shelley's phone, Shelley's computer....blah-blah-blah....
It was a bittersweet day for me...I had my moments...I had a crying spell that morning...a happy spell when they brought in lunch and a cute cake (Steve even came to say goodbye), and a breath taking spell the moment I actually stepped out of the door into that parking lot...as I drove out I looked at everything a bit different. The tears came heavier as I thought what have I done!...and then lighter as I thought of WHERE I am going...WHAT I am doing...but there is still a bit of fear in me...its sort of like snatching the rug from under my own feet...and holding my breath...and waiting to hit rock bottom. BUT that rock bottom part will not happen with God's help and my determination.
All weekend I have felt a sense of "loss"..a weird sense of loss, a bit of depression...and as the weekend ends, I still feel that. This is way scarier than I thought it would be...I am going to make it, I think I am just experiencing a bit of "stage fright"...but as the week sets in and I realize I am going to be alright, and life will slow down some for me, I will appreciate what I have done. I have been juggling too much lately...job, kids at home already, my kids, Wade, school, end of summer, vacation, school bus stuff, etc. Now, I can slow it down a bit and concentrate on today...and look forward to my tomorrow...my future.
Thanks for everyone's support, continue to pray for me and my success. Even though you will not hear from me as often, I still need my friends and I will be checking in on you all too.
Thanks to my work friends for making my departure as easy as possible, I think some of you may really miss me...HAHAHAHAAA...and thanks for the goodbye gifts...and all that you have said to make me feel special. A chapter is finished in my life...but that means a new one begins. And I sure do love happy endings...
Does this mean I am a "stay at home mom"...seriously, SHELLEY MAYLE??? LOL! But not forever folks...LOL!
Here is a picture of the cake Doneille made for me from the folks at work.
It was a bittersweet day for me...I had my moments...I had a crying spell that morning...a happy spell when they brought in lunch and a cute cake (Steve even came to say goodbye), and a breath taking spell the moment I actually stepped out of the door into that parking lot...as I drove out I looked at everything a bit different. The tears came heavier as I thought what have I done!...and then lighter as I thought of WHERE I am going...WHAT I am doing...but there is still a bit of fear in me...its sort of like snatching the rug from under my own feet...and holding my breath...and waiting to hit rock bottom. BUT that rock bottom part will not happen with God's help and my determination.
All weekend I have felt a sense of "loss"..a weird sense of loss, a bit of depression...and as the weekend ends, I still feel that. This is way scarier than I thought it would be...I am going to make it, I think I am just experiencing a bit of "stage fright"...but as the week sets in and I realize I am going to be alright, and life will slow down some for me, I will appreciate what I have done. I have been juggling too much lately...job, kids at home already, my kids, Wade, school, end of summer, vacation, school bus stuff, etc. Now, I can slow it down a bit and concentrate on today...and look forward to my tomorrow...my future.
Thanks for everyone's support, continue to pray for me and my success. Even though you will not hear from me as often, I still need my friends and I will be checking in on you all too.
Thanks to my work friends for making my departure as easy as possible, I think some of you may really miss me...HAHAHAHAAA...and thanks for the goodbye gifts...and all that you have said to make me feel special. A chapter is finished in my life...but that means a new one begins. And I sure do love happy endings...
Does this mean I am a "stay at home mom"...seriously, SHELLEY MAYLE??? LOL! But not forever folks...LOL!
Here is a picture of the cake Doneille made for me from the folks at work.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Back from the BEACH...
We made it in around 8ish last night...and what a great trip it turned out to be. You know there are always reservations each of us have when you take a trip with 18 family members....tight quarters, lots of small kids, sandy bottoms, etc....LOL!
Well, this was not the case with our family trip this Labor Day weekend. The family got along great...the kids did super-well, the food was YUMMY, the cottage was perfect and perfectly located for us, and the weather and water were just the best we have had in years.
The bad part....we had to come home, do laundry, and come back to work/school! I almost took pictures of my piles of laundry last night and decided I was too tired to drag out the camera, hahahaa.
Uncle Joel and the kids...
Bentlee, Rylee, Tyler, Sieanna
Haley
Ethan
Wade and the girls
Me and Wade
Chris and Sherri
Joel and Sheryl
Elliott and Alycia
Jett and Jerry
All the girls
Think its time to go home...
Well, this was not the case with our family trip this Labor Day weekend. The family got along great...the kids did super-well, the food was YUMMY, the cottage was perfect and perfectly located for us, and the weather and water were just the best we have had in years.
The bad part....we had to come home, do laundry, and come back to work/school! I almost took pictures of my piles of laundry last night and decided I was too tired to drag out the camera, hahahaa.
Uncle Joel and the kids...
Bentlee, Rylee, Tyler, Sieanna
Haley
Ethan
Wade and the girls
Me and Wade
Chris and Sherri
Joel and Sheryl
Elliott and Alycia
Jett and Jerry
All the girls
Think its time to go home...
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